Sahara Force India has confirmed Esteban Ocon as a race driver for 2017 and beyond following the signing of a multi-year contract. The 20-year-old Frenchman will race alongside Sergio Perez to form a line-up on the grid with a blend of youth and experience.
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Skippon wrote:Selling road car engines to AM is one thing - but Mercedes are in F1 to promote its brand. So if its to supply f1 engines it will be as Mercedes as it is promoting FiF1 by bumping them up the grid by the power of its engine.
What it won't do is the re-branding Renault/Red Bull are doing with TAG to divorce market perception.
I also doubt that the PU will be called Aston Martin but if the team and the car will be called Aston Martin, maybe a simple PU name: Aston Martin powered by Mercedes-Benz "on the bonnet" aka airboxcover will do the silly trick.
Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.
You guys never read the very first Articles on this deal?
Mercedes clearly said they are okey with this deal because they own 5% of Aston Martin. They approved it on their part the rest is up to Force India(well not anymore) now it's up to Diageo.
So there are no problems on the Mercedes side.
They only said there could be no Re-Branding of the engine.
Racer X wrote:You guys never read the very first Articles on this deal?
Mercedes clearly said they are okey with this deal because they own 5% of Aston Martin. They approved it on their part the rest is up to Force India(well not anymore) now it's up to Diageo.
So there are no problems on the Mercedes side.
They only said there could be no Re-Branding of the engine.
so only "powered by Mercedes" on the bonnet like the Williams has there somewhere?
as Aston Martin I d prfered "Aston Martin powered by Mercedes" written on the bonnet.
Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.
Team: Sahara Force India F1 Racing Base: Silverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Team principal: Vijay Mallya (CEO), Bob Fernley, Otmar Szafnauer (COO) Technical director(s): Andrew Green Website:http://www.forceindiaf1.com /
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"Explain the ending to F1 in football terms"
"Hamilton was beating Verstappen 7-0, then the ref decided F%$& rules, next goal wins
while also sending off 4 Hamilton players to make it more interesting"
raksf1 wrote:Rumors have been circulating that Force India's Mercedes powerplant may be rebranded as an Aston Martin.
Wouldn't make a lot of sense, as Aston road cars are now Merc powered, so claiming to build an F1 engine would be a strange use of cash.
Conversely, Aston Martin as the team name with Mercedes engines makes a lot of sense, showing that Merc power is the way to go, on and off the track to their customers.
In anyway, i think that the team will be called "Aston Martin Sahara Force India". Because of the money that came from television rights. Remember Manor Marussia, Lotus Renault...
Yes and don't forget BMW Sauber Ferrari. Although if other teams are changing their name at the same time (Lotus -> Renault, Manor Marussia -> ?), it is more likely that a name change would be allowed without quibbles over the prize money.
This thread title should be changed to Force India - As is, it is ingenuine. And as such, Mariana trench levels of down-voting shall commence until the title is changed to something sensible.
Sergio Pérez & 
Nico Hulkenberg
